The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
IN 1934, a spellbound young Alec Guinness stood in the wings as John Gielgud delivered what came to be regarded as one of the definitive 20th-century performances of Hamlet. Night after night, throughout a production running for 155 shows at the New Theatre (now the Nöel Coward) in London’s West End, Guinness, cast as Osric and as one of
